Review – Global Capitalism, Global War, Global Crisis
A major contribution to social science that synthesises insights from several separate yet complementary perspectives within the wide compass of historical materialism.
Review – Frantz Fanon: Philosopher of the Barricades
Peter Hudis’ book is a concise yet rich contribution to the literature on the life and work of Frantz Fanon, which convincingly demonstrates Fanon’s continued relevance.
Interview – Bernard D’Mello
Journalist Bernard D’Mello discusses Fidel Castro’s legacy in the Global South, imperialism, Maoist movements in South Asia and India’s status as an emerging power.
Review – Cuba and Revolutionary Latin America: An Oral History
The personal recollections in Kruijt’s book on players in revolutionary Latin America are so valuable that they eclipse the weaker explanatory, even slippery passages.
Review – The Burdens of Empire: 1539 to the Present
One of the world’s leading historians of the early modern European imperial imagination brings together the best of his life’s work on the intellectual history of empire.
Interview – Justin Mueller
Dr Justin Mueller discusses the themes of temporality, sovereignty and imperialism – and addresses the question ‘when is imperialism’.
Review – Globalization and Capitalist Geopolitics
Focusing on tensions between economic transnationalization and the persistence of inter-state rivalry, Woodley poses challenging questions for all perspectives in IR.
Review – The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914
A work of prime scholarship on the origins of the First World War, within which students and scholars of international relations will find plenty of substance.
Review – Race and Racism in International Relations
This book ably serves as a point of entry into the demanding yet necessary subject of race and racism which is so often neglected within International Relations research.
Review – The Cuban Embargo
One of the few examples of a monograph on the US embargo of Cuba, this short and readable text helps us understand key internal dynamics which drive this policy.
